How Beyoncé and More Stars Are Honoring Juneteenth 2023

Stars are coming collectively to commemorate Juneteenth. 

Two years after President Joe Biden signed a invoice into regulation, making Juneteenth—June 19—a federal vacation, public figures are talking out concerning the significance of the event.

Juneteenth acknowledges the day—June 19, 1865—when Gen. Gordon Granger and Union troopers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and advised the final of the enslaved African Individuals that the Civil Struggle had ended, liberating them.

On the eve of Juneteenth 2023, Beyoncé—who’s at the moment on her Renaissance World Tour—took the stage at Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff Area in a variety of ensembles created solely by Black designers, as she defined on Instagram.

And in accordance with a press launch from Bey’s workforce, these designers included Maximilian Davis for Ferragamo, Olivier Rousteing for Balmain, Ibrahim Kamara for Off White, Ethiopian designer Feben for her eponymous line, Laquan Smith, in addition to the “Loopy in Love” singer’s personal design for IVY PARK.